[bksvol-discuss] MacArthur thanks
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Thanks for the kind words, folks. Haven't figured out what to do, but it seems
likely to boost my efforts to get high tech people to do more for society. I
was just at Google today asking them to help with Bookshare.org on the content
side.
I am planning on writing a book (and posting it here when it's done) on the
area of technology for social change. And, I will definitely travel more with
international Bookshare.org as a big part of my agenda.
And, I'm still working to get more of the technical improvements that Janice
and her team have (long) been asking for: we're currently recruiting at least
three developers.
Jim
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In This Issue:
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Books List
[bksvol-discuss] Submitted 30 Days Of Night: Rumours of the
[bksvol-discuss] Re: End of line dashes - how to question
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Submitted 30 Days Of Night: Rumours of
[bksvol-discuss] Challenged Books
[bksvol-discuss] Re: A bit funny scannos
[bksvol-discuss] Re: A bit funny scannos
[bksvol-discuss] Re: formats (rtf txt) and page breaks
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Books List
[bksvol-discuss] easy validation anyone?
[bksvol-discuss] Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius" Fe
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius
[bksvol-discuss] Test, Please Delete
[bksvol-discuss] New submission to Bookshare: "Blues and Tro
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius
[bksvol-discuss] NLS's Taopes and electronic files
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius
[bksvol-discuss] New Marissa's List Sept 19.
[bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Taopes and electronic files
[bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Taopes and electronic files
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Books List
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Books List
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Books List
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
[bksvol-discuss] The Norton Anthology of Worlds Masterpieces
[bksvol-discuss] Kipling's--and others'--poetry
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius
[bksvol-discuss] Re: The Norton Anthology of Worlds Masterpi
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Kipling's--and others'--poetry
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
[bksvol-discuss] Re: The Norton Anthology of Worlds Masterpi
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Kipling's--and others'--poetry
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Kipling's--and others'--poetry
[bksvol-discuss] Now Available on Bookshare
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
[bksvol-discuss] A question about the Step 1 page
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
[bksvol-discuss] Re: A question about the Step 1 page
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Books List
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
[bksvol-discuss] Validating with Wordpad
[bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Taopes and electronic files
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Books List
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
[bksvol-discuss] Book submitted: All Things Herriot
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
[bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Taopes and electronic files
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
[bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Taopes and electronic files
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Kipling's--and others'--poetry
[bksvol-discuss]
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
[bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Tapes and electronic files
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
[bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
[bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Tapes and electronic files
[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:41:22 -0700
From: Mayrie ReNae <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Books List
Hi Cindy,
Yes, The actual title of the book is "Ben There, Done That." In
fact, I had the same question and actually thought it was a scanning error
and started correcting the headers in my personal copy. Then, in my
brilliance, mentioned it to Gwen who pointed out to me that Ben Franklin
comes forward in time in this story. Okay, I felt dense. It wasn't as if
I wasn't aware of the story. I just hadn't caught the pun. Out of the
mouths of babes.
Peace,
Mayrie
At 09:38 PM 9/18/2006, you wrote:
>I have two questions about the books added today
>(Monday).
>
>The first is specific to today's list: Is the title
>Ben There, Done That, correct, or should it be Been
>There, Done That. I can't tell from the synopsis.
>
>The second is more general, and I've been meaning to
>ask it for a while: I don't understand why the word
>"error" in the paragraph that precedes the list of
>books: "Some titles returned the following error: This
>is a copyrighted book available for download only to
>current members of Bookshare.org. Please log in if you
>have a member account, otherwise find out about
>joining."
>
>How is that statement in error? That is the case,
>isn't it?
>
>Just curious.
>
>Cindy
>
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:31:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Dilsia A. Martinez" <dilsiam@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Submitted 30 Days Of Night: Rumours of the Undead Hor
For the Horror addicts booksharians:
MMMM I see Lora's head showing (smile)
I had submitted 30 Days of Night: Rumours of the Undead Authors Steve Niles
and Jeff Mariotte.
Sinopsis:
Special FBI Agent Andrew Gray thought he had everything sorted out, a
family, a job he loved and a best best friend Paul Norris. But then Paul has
gone missing, Andrew embarked in a desperate quest to know what may have
happened to Paul
. What he found turned his world upside down: from the realm of the dead came a
chilling warning from his beloved friend Paul Norris was he dead or he
wasn't?......
Best wishes
Dilsia
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Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:57:04 -0400
From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: End of line dashes - how to question
Does the bookshare phone conference call happen any more?
What do folks think of some kind of volunteer tutorial or teach in? I am
thinking that we might have a conference call where people might learn
about a feature of a particular package.
At 09:58 PM 9/15/2006, you wrote:
>Hi, Sue. I think Rick is using the spell checker here. Word won't let
>you press the left arrow to go to the previous line if you're in there...
>at least mine won't. I wish I had an answer since this problem frustrates
>me too. Rick, I feel your pain!
>
>Monica Willyard
>
>On Friday 9/15/2006 01:14 PM, Sue wrote:
>
>>Thanks for the laugh, Rik. What I do is go to the beginning of a line by
>>hitting home. Then if I gently press left arrow the cursor goes to the end
>>of the previous line. <lol>
>>
>>Sue S.
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From: "Lora" <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Submitted 30 Days Of Night: Rumours of the Undead
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:36:01 -0600
Oh, very very cool! See, you were right.
I may grab it, but unfortunately, I'm on my way to work in a minute. If I
took it with me, there'd only be trouble.
_____
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dilsia A. Martinez
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:32 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Submitted 30 Days Of Night: Rumours of the Undead
Horror
For the Horror addicts booksharians:
MMMM I see Lora's head showing (smile)
I had submitted 30 Days of Night: Rumours of the Undead Authors Steve
Niles and Jeff Mariotte.
Sinopsis:
Special FBI Agent Andrew Gray thought he had everything sorted out, a
family, a job he loved and a best best friend Paul Norris. But then Paul has
gone missing, Andrew embarked in a desperate quest to know what may have
happened to Paul
. What he found turned his world upside down: from the realm of the dead
came a chilling warning from his beloved friend Paul Norris was he dead or
he wasn't?......
Best wishes
Dilsia
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:49:58 -0400
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Challenged Books
O.k. proves I am a moderate in most things, but... since this is Banned
Books Month, and as many have implied in the past that the blind and
physically handicapped were censored as a fashion by NLS's budget and
Bookshare has removed that barrier, smile, as it accepts anything, which is
a truly wonderful thing, see the below web page on the topic, I find it
fascinating. And naturally, since I like reading the stuff, may be seeing
if I can add to the sites content in this way.
But a fascinating page.
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/challengedbanned/challengedbanned.htm
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com
Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
Puppies are the joy at one end.
Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
Carolyn Alexander
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:20:03 -0400
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A bit funny scannos
The internship is over. smile, and I am really happy to be home again.
The job hunt is on, and am hunting all over the country.
The school won't be official till december, which is fine with me, need to
get my Research paper finished, and then all will be well.
Besides that.
I am going through some medication switches (never fun) and the usual
stresses of every day life, smile.
But am enjoying the time I have for scanning and validating books, and I am
one of those strange individuals wo finds scanning relaxing, of course while
I have another book going to enjoy.
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com
Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
Puppies are the joy at one end.
Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
Carolyn Alexander
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From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 6:27 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A bit funny scannos
I chuckled. Thanks, Shelley. A laugh is always good to
have these days.
Why are you in limbo? I thought you had a job or an
internship ot a practice-teaching gig yo had to do,
oris that over?
Cindy
--- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> O.k. perhaps this shows my personality, but frankly
> these days I need
> something to laugh about. Am in limbo in job,
> school, and well... smile.
>
> While editing Al Capone Does my shirts,
>
> The headers had some very interesting typos in them.
>
> Good thing I stripped them by hand, but...
>
> Al Capone Dots my shirts
> (well, if he was truly this bad at laundry they
> wouldn't let him do it
> right?)
>
> Al Capone Does My Skirts
> (this could go two ways, smile, one not so clean.)
>
> Al Capone does Mr. Skirts
> or Mr. Shirts
>
> Sounds like he ordered a hit on a guy who is a
> professional dry cleaner or a
> body guard, or a guy encharge of a prostitution
> ring.
>
> So indulge me with my bit of humor, but sometimes
> the scannos do make the
> job entertaining.
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> and Judson, guiding golden
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> Graduate Alumni Association Board
> www.guidedogs.com
>
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> Puppies are the joy at one end.
> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> Carolyn Alexander
>
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:24:06 -0400
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A bit funny scannos
The mental image of all those "snaks" flying from the sky, well. Smile.
that is great.
Will keep a tabs as i edit.
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com
Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
Puppies are the joy at one end.
Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
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From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 9:24 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A bit funny scannos
Dear Shelley and Bookshare Friends,
Shelly, a few days ago I was pining for the topic of funny scannos to come
round again. I wish I'd take time to write down more of them as they pop up.
So, after your twisted shirts, here are some mildly amusing ones from me.
Jaws read, She looked down appreciatively at his 186 muscular legs.
***
golf dubs for golf clubs and They met him at his dub.
***
for Snakes I got a few snakss pronounced snacks by Jaws.
Bess continued to scream and pointed at the branches of trees over their
heads. Large black snakss were falling from them in profusion!
***
and last, more snakss
***
Burt and Dave jumped to help him. Burt grabbed the snaks just behind its
head, while Dave closed his fingers around the body near the end of the
tail. Bess was still screaming, with the result that all the other snakss
scurried off into the underbrush, apparently frightened.
I'm sure you'll find your way out of limbo, Shelly, and soon, I hope.
Thanks, again for the humor. Any more out there?
Always with love,
Lissi
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:27:36 -0400
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: formats (rtf txt) and page breaks
RTF can have page breaks stripped just as easily as a text file.
It is all in what is "in the code" for the page.
There are page break symbols, I am thinking back to a program I had once
called BEX that put a GG kind of curled around each other to indicate a page
break.
Smile.
So that is your answer,
The rtfs may have started out as text files, since we aren't accepting them
any more.
The BN keeps page breaks in its text files, Notepad does too, but MS word
will munch them all up.
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com
Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
Puppies are the joy at one end.
Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
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From: "cheryl fogle" <cfogle@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 9:42 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] formats (rtf txt) and page breaks
Hi,
I've been wondering about formatting in differnt programs. I just rejected a
slew of rtf filews without page breaks and rtf is promoted partly because it
retains pagebreaks, so how are they lost? The books were a series of
romances by Karen Kallmaker submitted by the infamous bookshare volunteer.
See Jake's reject list for titles.
And yet, Amber sent up a txt file with all page breaks present and
supposedly the reason to stop txt submissions is their lack of page breaks.
Any thoughts?
Cheryl
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:32:10 -0400
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Books List
It is an error for you, because Cindy, you aren't a member.
Smile,
It is an error for me, because I don't log in to look at the list, am too
darn lazy, but as soon as I log in, it goes away as I am a member in good
standing.
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com
Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
Puppies are the joy at one end.
Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
Carolyn Alexander
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From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:38 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] New Books List
I have two questions about the books added today
(Monday).
The first is specific to today's list: Is the title
Ben There, Done That, correct, or should it be Been
There, Done That. I can't tell from the synopsis.
The second is more general, and I've been meaning to
ask it for a while: I don't understand why the word
"error" in the paragraph that precedes the list of
books: "Some titles returned the following error: This
is a copyrighted book available for download only to
current members of Bookshare.org. Please log in if you
have a member account, otherwise find out about
joining."
How is that statement in error? That is the case,
isn't it?
Just curious.
Cindy
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From: "tom hawkins" <tjhawk1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] easy validation anyone?
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:48:09 -0700
Hi Everyone, I recently submitted "operation Homefront" . It should be a
very easy validation, received a 99.98 from the auto spell checker and it's a
romance. Enjoy, Tom
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius" Fellow
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:49:14 -0700
From: "Janice Carter" <Janice.C@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Big Announcement! Thought you should know that Bookshare.org's founder, Jim
Fruchterman, was named a MacArthur Foundation "genius" Fellow yesterday for his
work in using technology for the benefit of many. In particular, the
MacArthur Foundation chose Jim for his work in creating affordable devices that
aid the visually impaired and others underserved by traditional commerce.
Please join all of us at Benetech in giving Jim a big round of applause!
Three locals among winners of $500,000 'genius grants'
Posted on Tue, Sep. 19, 2006
San Jose Mercury News, By Karen de Sá
A Silicon Valley entrepreneur disillusioned with technology for profit. A
chemist tackling infectious disease among the rural poor. An aviation engineer
plotting collision-free skies. These are the Bay Area winners of this year's
MacArthur ``genius'' grants, announced today by the Chicago-based John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The $500,000 awards herald some of the
nation's most creative thinkers across a variety of disciplines --
professionals who further the foundation's goal of fostering``improvement in
the human condition.'' This year's 25 winners will receive no-strings-attached
support for five years. The Bay Area is typically a MacArthur-rich area, and
this year is no exception. James Fruchterman, 47, of Palo Alto, is an
electrical engineer who adapts technologies into affordable devices for the
blind. Victoria Hale, 45, heads a ground-breaking non-profit pharmaceutical
firm in San Francisco that develops drugs for populations in Asia and Africa.
And Clai
re Tomlin, 37, is an aviation engineer at Stanford University and the
University of California-Berkeley who uses mathematical principles to help
pilots and air traffic controllers avoid mid-air collisions. All three
researchers are expanding into new areas of research and application. This
mirrors the goals of the 22 other MacArthur fellows nationwide, who include a
sculptor, a country doctor, a jazz violinist, a journalist and a deep-sea
explorer. For Hale, CEO of OneWorld Health, news of the MacArthur grant added
to a week of good fortune. This month, the Indian government approved use of an
injectable antibiotic her firm developed for treatment of a deadly parasitic
disease known as ``black fever.'' Hale's firm has been studying the drug's
effectiveness for two years. Fed by extreme poverty among people who live in
mud huts or under thatched roofs where tiny sand flies live, the disease kills
at least 1 million people each year. But there's been little incentive for drug
companies to develop treatment, Hale said. Most black fever patients are too
poor to pay for life-saving medications. In a clinical trial Hale has overseen
in the Indian state of Bihar, 95 percent of patients treated for visceral
leishmaniasis were cured after treatment with paromomycin, an injectable
antibiotic which is no longer under patent. OneWorld Health will now contract
with Indian manufacturers to distribute the drug to sufferers of the illness --
the second most deadly parasitic disease in the world, following malaria. The
concept of a non-profit pharmaceutical is so novel -- and potentially so
expansive -- that Hale said she is now flooded with new opportunities, in
addition to malaria and diarrhea projects already under way. Hale's strategy in
India as a Westerner wanting to avoid ethical and ethnic conflicts was to ask
questions and ``then shut up,'' she said. Now, she plans to listen to her own
thoughts. ``I need some time away to reflect on what we've done and
consider and envision where we can go in the future,'' she said. ``We could
get really big, really fast -- but how big and how fast? I need to be able to
be the CEO instead of the project team leader.'' Fruchterman also will use his
MacArthur fellowship to serve populations left out of the global marketplace.
The founder of the non-profit software firm Benetech has designed reading
systems for the blind using optical-character-recognition technology. His work
has been reproduced in 60 countries and a dozen languages. Fruchterman also
developed a secure, computer-based reporting system for organizations
collecting information on human rights violations, as well as a
state-of-the-art land mine detector for war-torn countries. There are very few
high-tech entrepreneurs who have shifted to non-profit social ventures,
Fruchterman said, and he is pleased the MacArthur fellowship has recognized
him, particularly because he hopes to write a book and inspire others. ``I'd
like to he
lp people not be as lonely as I was the first few years,'' he said, ``feeling
like I was the only guy in Silicon Valley not trying to make a billion
dollars.'' Like the other Bay Area MacArthur fellows, engineer Tomlin also
plans to expand her research. Tomlin's focus to date has been aircraft
technology. But with MacArthur funding and the stretch of imagination typical
to the foundation's awardees, she hopes to extend her work into biology --
using mathematical models to help understand how cells communicate.
Contact Karen de Sá at kdesa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or (650) 688-7550.
© 2006 MercuryNews.com and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.mercurynews.com
Posted on Tue, Sep. 19, 2006
Janice Carter
Director, Literacy Programs
Benetech
480 S. California Ave., Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA
(650) 644-3422 direct
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From: "Kellie Hartmann" <hart0421@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius" Fellow
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:33:06 -0500
Congratulations, Jim! It was interesting to read about your projects other
than Bookshare--I've never taken the time to check out the Benetech main
page, so now I know. Of course selfishly I hope this brings attention to
Bookshare, but I also hope your other projects get recognition and
attention. In terms of humanity in general, I intensely hope that the
land-mine detector is widely used and gets sent wherever it is needed.
I appreciate your work for the good of others in all areas,
Kellie
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:35:36 -0500
From: "Lisa Belville" <lisab12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Test, Please Delete
"I'd be happy to have my biography be the
stories of my dogs. To me, to live without
dogs would mean accepting a form of blindness."
- Thomas McGuane (b.1939) U.S. novelist
Lisa
lisab12@xxxxxxxxxxx
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From: "Rik James" <d28rik@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] New submission to Bookshare: "Blues and Trouble: Twel
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:55:38 -0600
Just a quick note to let you all know of a book os short fiction I've just
finished and submitted for Validation:
"Blues and Trouble: Twelve Stories"
by Tom Piazza
This is the third book I've scanned and submitted to Bookshare. One was the
guide to recorded jazz music, another book about bluegrass legend Jimmy
Martin. This was his first book of fiction, and won some awards. The stories
are quick and interesting, I think and have a music blues theme running
through.
The pagination was normalized, I ran spell check and it should be a quick
one to validate, I hope. I think I found any of those hyphenated words, etc.
It's 192 pages.
Thanks.
Rik
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:16:18 -0400
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius" Fellow
Quite cool, and awesome!
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com
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Puppies are the joy at one end.
Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
Carolyn Alexander
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Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 1:49 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius" Fellow
Big Announcement! Thought you should know that Bookshare.org's founder, Jim
Fruchterman, was named a MacArthur Foundation "genius" Fellow yesterday for
his work in using technology for the benefit of many. In particular, the
MacArthur Foundation chose Jim for his work in creating affordable devices
that aid the visually impaired and others underserved by traditional
commerce.
Please join all of us at Benetech in giving Jim a big round of applause!
Three locals among winners of $500,000 'genius grants'
Posted on Tue, Sep. 19, 2006
San Jose Mercury News, By Karen de Sá
A Silicon Valley entrepreneur disillusioned with technology for profit. A
chemist tackling infectious disease among the rural poor. An aviation
engineer plotting collision-free skies. These are the Bay Area winners of
this year's MacArthur ``genius'' grants, announced today by the
Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The $500,000
awards herald some of the nation's most creative thinkers across a variety
of disciplines -- professionals who further the foundation's goal of
fostering``improvement in the human condition.'' This year's 25 winners will
receive no-strings-attached support for five years. The Bay Area is
typically a MacArthur-rich area, and this year is no exception. James
Fruchterman, 47, of Palo Alto, is an electrical engineer who adapts
technologies into affordable devices for the blind. Victoria Hale, 45, heads
a ground-breaking non-profit pharmaceutical firm in San Francisco that
develops drugs for populations in Asia and Africa. And Clai
re Tomlin, 37, is an aviation engineer at Stanford University and the
University of California-Berkeley who uses mathematical principles to help
pilots and air traffic controllers avoid mid-air collisions. All three
researchers are expanding into new areas of research and application. This
mirrors the goals of the 22 other MacArthur fellows nationwide, who include
a sculptor, a country doctor, a jazz violinist, a journalist and a deep-sea
explorer. For Hale, CEO of OneWorld Health, news of the MacArthur grant
added to a week of good fortune. This month, the Indian government approved
use of an injectable antibiotic her firm developed for treatment of a deadly
parasitic disease known as ``black fever.'' Hale's firm has been studying
the drug's effectiveness for two years. Fed by extreme poverty among people
who live in mud huts or under thatched roofs where tiny sand flies live, the
disease kills at least 1 million people each year. But there's been little
incentive for drug
companies to develop treatment, Hale said. Most black fever patients are
too poor to pay for life-saving medications. In a clinical trial Hale has
overseen in the Indian state of Bihar, 95 percent of patients treated for
visceral leishmaniasis were cured after treatment with paromomycin, an
injectable antibiotic which is no longer under patent. OneWorld Health will
now contract with Indian manufacturers to distribute the drug to sufferers
of the illness -- the second most deadly parasitic disease in the world,
following malaria. The concept of a non-profit pharmaceutical is so novel --
and potentially so expansive -- that Hale said she is now flooded with new
opportunities, in addition to malaria and diarrhea projects already under
way. Hale's strategy in India as a Westerner wanting to avoid ethical and
ethnic conflicts was to ask questions and ``then shut up,'' she said. Now,
she plans to listen to her own thoughts. ``I need some time away to reflect
on what we've done and
consider and envision where we can go in the future,'' she said. ``We
could get really big, really fast -- but how big and how fast? I need to be
able to be the CEO instead of the project team leader.'' Fruchterman also
will use his MacArthur fellowship to serve populations left out of the
global marketplace. The founder of the non-profit software firm Benetech has
designed reading systems for the blind using optical-character-recognition
technology. His work has been reproduced in 60 countries and a dozen
languages. Fruchterman also developed a secure, computer-based reporting
system for organizations collecting information on human rights violations,
as well as a state-of-the-art land mine detector for war-torn countries.
There are very few high-tech entrepreneurs who have shifted to non-profit
social ventures, Fruchterman said, and he is pleased the MacArthur
fellowship has recognized him, particularly because he hopes to write a book
and inspire others. ``I'd like to he
lp people not be as lonely as I was the first few years,'' he said,
``feeling like I was the only guy in Silicon Valley not trying to make a
billion dollars.'' Like the other Bay Area MacArthur fellows, engineer
Tomlin also plans to expand her research. Tomlin's focus to date has been
aircraft technology. But with MacArthur funding and the stretch of
imagination typical to the foundation's awardees, she hopes to extend her
work into biology -- using mathematical models to help understand how cells
communicate.
Contact Karen de Sá at kdesa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or (650) 688-7550.
© 2006 MercuryNews.com and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.mercurynews.com
Posted on Tue, Sep. 19, 2006
Janice Carter
Director, Literacy Programs
Benetech
480 S. California Ave., Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA
(650) 644-3422 direct
(650) 759-5828 cell
(650) 475-1066 fax
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:25:23 -0400
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] NLS's Taopes and electronic files
Someone, I believe it was on here was wondering why we should work on books
already recorded on cassette by NLS.
I have a story to tell and how to illustrate a good advantage for doing just
that.
I borrowed from my local cooperating branch a copy of
Rilla of Ingleside.
It arrived her the other day and I popped it into the player, have been
wanteding to read this and had Just finished Rainbow valley.
Well... the tape was old, and warped, and no matter all the "usual" tricks,
I couldn't get the tape to play properly.
So... after being disgusted by it, putting it back into its little green
box, slapping the string on the latch and thinking I would call them today
about it, I had a brainstorm.
I got online, found Rilla of Ingleside in the Bookshare collection and
grabbed it, popped it into the book courier and all was well again.
I do like listening to human readers though some of them are quite grating
on me, but I still like the flexibility of choosing what format works best
for me.
Smile.
This isn't the first time this has happened, but... it was the most recent.
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com
Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
Puppies are the joy at one end.
Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
Carolyn Alexander
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From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius" Fellow
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:29:48 -0400
It's about time that Jim got recognized!
Pratik
s
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:33 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius"
Fellow
Congratulations, Jim! It was interesting to read about your projects other
than Bookshare--I've never taken the time to check out the Benetech main
page, so now I know. Of course selfishly I hope this brings attention to
Bookshare, but I also hope your other projects get recognition and
attention. In terms of humanity in general, I intensely hope that the
land-mine detector is widely used and gets sent wherever it is needed.
I appreciate your work for the good of others in all areas,
Kellie
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From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius" Fellow
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:30:29 -0500
Congratulations, Jim! What a well-deserved honor! I wish you continued
success with all of your projects, including Bookshare, of course. <Smile>
Blessings!
Jana
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From: "Kellie Hartmann" <hart0421@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 11:33 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius"
Fellow
> Congratulations, Jim! It was interesting to read about your projects other
> than Bookshare--I've never taken the time to check out the Benetech main
> page, so now I know. Of course selfishly I hope this brings attention to
> Bookshare, but I also hope your other projects get recognition and
> attention. In terms of humanity in general, I intensely hope that the
> land-mine detector is widely used and gets sent wherever it is needed.
> I appreciate your work for the good of others in all areas,
> Kellie
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From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] New Marissa's List Sept 19.
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:54:03 -0500
Hi all,
The September 19 edition of Marissa's List is now available.
http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/ml.asp
For the statisticians...
453 books on Step1
213 books checked out for editing
69 books in the admin approval pool
72 books in the admin rejection pool
Enjoy,
Jake
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From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Taopes and electronic files
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:55:26 -0700
Well, there's also the matter of wanting to read a new book that you know
will be good, and often having to wait more than a year for it. Yes, I know
that recording takes time, but I am not convinced that it has to take as
long as it usually does for them.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:25 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] NLS's Taopes and electronic files
> Someone, I believe it was on here was wondering why we should work on
> books
> already recorded on cassette by NLS.
>
> I have a story to tell and how to illustrate a good advantage for doing
> just
> that.
>
> I borrowed from my local cooperating branch a copy of
>
> Rilla of Ingleside.
>
> It arrived her the other day and I popped it into the player, have been
> wanteding to read this and had Just finished Rainbow valley.
>
> Well... the tape was old, and warped, and no matter all the "usual"
> tricks,
> I couldn't get the tape to play properly.
>
> So... after being disgusted by it, putting it back into its little green
> box, slapping the string on the latch and thinking I would call them today
> about it, I had a brainstorm.
>
> I got online, found Rilla of Ingleside in the Bookshare collection and
> grabbed it, popped it into the book courier and all was well again.
>
> I do like listening to human readers though some of them are quite grating
> on me, but I still like the flexibility of choosing what format works best
> for me.
>
> Smile.
>
> This isn't the first time this has happened, but... it was the most
> recent.
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> and Judson, guiding golden
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> Graduate Alumni Association Board
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> Puppies are the joy at one end.
> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> Carolyn Alexander
>
>
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From: "Amy Goldring Tajalli" <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Taopes and electronic files
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:09:39 -0400
amen. I looked for Kipling and there was only one volume very well recorded
but when I wanted to hear it again It had disappeared. I got rfb to record
what turned out to be the complete kipling but then had to deal with people
reading poetry with no real knowledge of how to do it and with difficulty
pronouncing some of the Names and names of places - understandable if you
are not familiar with India or 19th Century British army terminology. Though
even today I would guess it would not be hard to find kids who have read the
poetry in The Jungle Books or the Just So Stories or their parents, too. I
appreciate the work rfb volunteers went through to record that tome but I
wanted the poems as he wrote them so I scanned the book with Kurzweil and am
now trying to make sure the poems scan properly (scan as in lines as K wrote
them of the length he wanted them). I may have to submith the Kurzweil
copy which scan (copied) the pages correctly but they don't always come out
that way and I was warned that theBookshare computer would ignore the lines
much as they did in other books of poetry I have gotten but I can only try
to get someone to realize the importanct of the lines. However, I have hopes
even If I cannot do it. In any event it has to be better, even with a
computer voice, that what I heard. in the well meant recording.
Amy
omst
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:25 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] NLS's Taopes and electronic files
> Someone, I believe it was on here was wondering why we should work on
> books
> already recorded on cassette by NLS.
>
> I have a story to tell and how to illustrate a good advantage for doing
> just
> that.
>
> I borrowed from my local cooperating branch a copy of
>
> Rilla of Ingleside.
>
> It arrived her the other day and I popped it into the player, have been
> wanteding to read this and had Just finished Rainbow valley.
>
> Well... the tape was old, and warped, and no matter all the "usual"
> tricks,
> I couldn't get the tape to play properly.
>
> So... after being disgusted by it, putting it back into its little green
> box, slapping the string on the latch and thinking I would call them today
> about it, I had a brainstorm.
>
> I got online, found Rilla of Ingleside in the Bookshare collection and
> grabbed it, popped it into the book courier and all was well again.
>
> I do like listening to human readers though some of them are quite grating
> on me, but I still like the flexibility of choosing what format works best
> for me.
>
> Smile.
>
> This isn't the first time this has happened, but... it was the most
> recent.
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> and Judson, guiding golden
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> Graduate Alumni Association Board
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> Puppies are the joy at one end.
> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> Carolyn Alexander
>
>
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:12:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Books List
I did think it might have been a pu, but since the
synopsis didn't mention anyone named Ben I wasn't
sure. I'm glad you had the same question, asked, and
posted the answer. smile
Cindy
--- Mayrie ReNae <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Cindy,
>
> Yes, The actual title of the book is "Ben
> There, Done That." In
> fact, I had the same question and actually thought
> it was a scanning error
> and started correcting the headers in my personal
> copy. Then, in my
> brilliance, mentioned it to Gwen who pointed out to
> me that Ben Franklin
> comes forward in time in this story. Okay, I felt
> dense. It wasn't as if
> I wasn't aware of the story. I just hadn't caught
> the pun. Out of the
> mouths of babes.
>
> Peace,
>
> Mayrie
> At 09:38 PM 9/18/2006, you wrote:
> >I have two questions about the books added today
> >(Monday).
> >
> >The first is specific to today's list: Is the title
> >Ben There, Done That, correct, or should it be Been
> >There, Done That. I can't tell from the synopsis.
> >
> >The second is more general, and I've been meaning
> to
> >ask it for a while: I don't understand why the word
> >"error" in the paragraph that precedes the list of
> >books: "Some titles returned the following error:
> This
> >is a copyrighted book available for download only
> to
> >current members of Bookshare.org. Please log in if
> you
> >have a member account, otherwise find out about
> >joining."
> >
> >How is that statement in error? That is the case,
> >isn't it?
> >
> >Just curious.
> >
> >Cindy
> >
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:23:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
Fascinating! Not one of the "old" banned authors is
on the list, but they are books for adults, and
probably the people who "contest" the books are more
worried about children--although Forever is for
adults, as I recall. Maybe these people are too young
to have even heard about Henry Miller, D. H. Lawrence,
and James Joyce; Memoirs of Fanny Hill; Memirs of
Hecate County.
Cindy
--- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> O.k. proves I am a moderate in most things, but...
> since this is Banned
> Books Month, and as many have implied in the past
> that the blind and
> physically handicapped were censored as a fashion by
> NLS's budget and
> Bookshare has removed that barrier, smile, as it
> accepts anything, which is
> a truly wonderful thing, see the below web page on
> the topic, I find it
> fascinating. And naturally, since I like reading
> the stuff, may be seeing
> if I can add to the sites content in this way.
>
> But a fascinating page.
>
>
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/challengedbanned/challengedbanned.htm
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> and Judson, guiding golden
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Graduate Alumni Association Board
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>
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> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:29:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Books List
Thanks for the explanation, Shelley.
If you want, I can add you to my list of people to
whom I send the list daily. I send it BCC, with the
titles asterisked and repetitions of some lines that
are repeated in every title deleted.
If any of you newbies want to have the list of new
books mailed to you, please let me know. I can't
remember to whom I mentioned it and to whom I haven't.
Many people prefer to check Jake's list or to wait
until the new books are added to the bookshare site,
but others like having the list in their mailboxes to
look at or delete, depending on their mood. smile
Cindy
--- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> It is an error for you, because Cindy, you aren't a
> member.
>
> Smile,
>
> It is an error for me, because I don't log in to
> look at the list, am too
> darn lazy, but as soon as I log in, it goes away as
> I am a member in good
> standing.
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> and Judson, guiding golden
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> Graduate Alumni Association Board
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> Puppies are the joy at one end.
> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> Carolyn Alexander
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:38 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] New Books List
>
>
> I have two questions about the books added today
> (Monday).
>
> The first is specific to today's list: Is the title
> Ben There, Done That, correct, or should it be Been
> There, Done That. I can't tell from the synopsis.
>
> The second is more general, and I've been meaning to
> ask it for a while: I don't understand why the word
> "error" in the paragraph that precedes the list of
> books: "Some titles returned the following error:
> This
> is a copyrighted book available for download only to
> current members of Bookshare.org. Please log in if
> you
> have a member account, otherwise find out about
> joining."
>
> How is that statement in error? That is the case,
> isn't it?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Cindy
>
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:36:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius" Fellow
Yes, a BIG Congratulations!! Kellie's note was before
Janice's announcement, so I had to scroll down and
read Janice's first.
That's wonderful news. Enjoy the opporunities the
award brings to do more things that you want to do.
But I thought you were living in D.C. or New York? Are
you back in Palo Alto, or is that just your business
address?
Cindy
--- Kellie Hartmann <hart0421@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Congratulations, Jim! It was interesting to read
> about your projects other
> than Bookshare--I've never taken the time to check
> out the Benetech main
> page, so now I know. Of course selfishly I hope this
> brings attention to
> Bookshare, but I also hope your other projects get
> recognition and
> attention. In terms of humanity in general, I
> intensely hope that the
> land-mine detector is widely used and gets sent
> wherever it is needed.
> I appreciate your work for the good of others in all
> areas,
> Kellie
>
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:38:38 -0500
From: Laura Ann/ Agape Pet Sitting <agapepetsitting@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Books List
I would enjoy it.
Laura Ann
agapepetsitting@xxxxxxxxx
At 05:29 PM 9/19/2006, you wrote:
>Thanks for the explanation, Shelley.
>
>If you want, I can add you to my list of people to
>whom I send the list daily. I send it BCC, with the
>titles asterisked and repetitions of some lines that
>are repeated in every title deleted.
>
>If any of you newbies want to have the list of new
>books mailed to you, please let me know. I can't
>remember to whom I mentioned it and to whom I haven't.
>Many people prefer to check Jake's list or to wait
>until the new books are added to the bookshare site,
>but others like having the list in their mailboxes to
>look at or delete, depending on their mood. smile
>
>Cindy
>
>--- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>
> > It is an error for you, because Cindy, you aren't a
> > member.
> >
> > Smile,
> >
> > It is an error for me, because I don't log in to
> > look at the list, am too
> > darn lazy, but as soon as I log in, it goes away as
> > I am a member in good
> > standing.
> >
> > Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> > and Judson, guiding golden
> > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> > Graduate Alumni Association Board
> > www.guidedogs.com
> >
> > Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> > Puppies are the joy at one end.
> > Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> > Carolyn Alexander
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:38 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] New Books List
> >
> >
> > I have two questions about the books added today
> > (Monday).
> >
> > The first is specific to today's list: Is the title
> > Ben There, Done That, correct, or should it be Been
> > There, Done That. I can't tell from the synopsis.
> >
> > The second is more general, and I've been meaning to
> > ask it for a while: I don't understand why the word
> > "error" in the paragraph that precedes the list of
> > books: "Some titles returned the following error:
> > This
> > is a copyrighted book available for download only to
> > current members of Bookshare.org. Please log in if
> > you
> > have a member account, otherwise find out about
> > joining."
> >
> > How is that statement in error? That is the case,
> > isn't it?
> >
> > Just curious.
> >
> > Cindy
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:43:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
YAY!!! Thank you Jake and Gustavo!!!
Cindy
--- Jake Brownell <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The September 19 edition of Marissa's List is now
> available.
>
> http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/ml.asp
>
> For the statisticians...
> 453 books on Step1
> 213 books checked out for editing
> 69 books in the admin approval pool
> 72 books in the admin rejection pool
>
> Enjoy,
> Jake
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:45:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
p.S. AND I see Gustavo has cut the adminapproval queue
in half over the last time the list was posted.
Wonderful!! Soon he's be asking us for more work to
do. grin
Cindy
--- Jake Brownell <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The September 19 edition of Marissa's List is now
> available.
>
> http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/ml.asp
>
> For the statisticians...
> 453 books on Step1
> 213 books checked out for editing
> 69 books in the admin approval pool
> 72 books in the admin rejection pool
>
> Enjoy,
> Jake
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:56:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] The Norton Anthology of Worlds Masterpieces, 6th ed.,
Jake,
I know you told me once that books in the rejectiona
part of the list didn't necessarily mean that they
were totally rejected--was it that they were bounced
back for something? I noticed that the Norton
Anthology is on the rejection part of the list and I
don't see it on page one.
Kenneth, I believe you scanned it, and I know several
people have worked on it. Did you get a notice? Does
anyone know what the problem is? I see the author is
listed as General Editor, and that's probably what's
wrong. Kenneth, if you still have your scan, maybe you
resubmit it and whoever did the final validation can
re-upload with the proper authorship. I can get the
book if anyone needs help with it.
Cindy
--- Jake Brownell <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The September 19 edition of Marissa's List is now
> available.
>
> http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/ml.asp
>
> For the statisticians...
> 453 books on Step1
> 213 books checked out for editing
> 69 books in the admin approval pool
> 72 books in the admin rejection pool
>
> Enjoy,
> Jake
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:01:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Kipling's--and others'--poetry
Amy,
If you can submit it in rtf I can format poetry as the
author intended.
Before I used tabs, but quite a bit after that we were
told that tabs don't do any good. Too bad, because
that was so easy. However, there is a way, though it
takes longer, to re-set the line margin. I'd use the
space bar, which would be easier, but somebody
mentioned that the spaces are annoying. Is that just
for those of you who listen, or also for those of you
who use braille? Is there a way you can turn off
whatever is annoying about the spaces? Using spaces to
indent lines of poetry would be so much easier, less
time-consuming, than using the line setting. smile
Cindy
--- Amy Goldring Tajalli
<agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> amen. I looked for Kipling and there was only one
> volume very well recorded
> but when I wanted to hear it again It had
> disappeared. I got rfb to record
> what turned out to be the complete kipling but then
> had to deal with people
> reading poetry with no real knowledge of how to do
> it and with difficulty
> pronouncing some of the Names and names of places -
> understandable if you
> are not familiar with India or 19th Century British
> army terminology. Though
> even today I would guess it would not be hard to
> find kids who have read the
> poetry in The Jungle Books or the Just So Stories or
> their parents, too. I
> appreciate the work rfb volunteers went through to
> record that tome but I
> wanted the poems as he wrote them so I scanned the
> book with Kurzweil and am
> now trying to make sure the poems scan properly
> (scan as in lines as K wrote
> them of the length he wanted them). I may have to
> submith the Kurzweil
> copy which scan (copied) the pages correctly but
> they don't always come out
> that way and I was warned that theBookshare computer
> would ignore the lines
> much as they did in other books of poetry I have
> gotten but I can only try
> to get someone to realize the importanct of the
> lines. However, I have hopes
> even If I cannot do it. In any event it has to be
> better, even with a
> computer voice, that what I heard. in the well meant
> recording.
>
> Amy
> omst
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:25 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] NLS's Taopes and
> electronic files
>
>
> > Someone, I believe it was on here was wondering
> why we should work on
> > books
> > already recorded on cassette by NLS.
> >
> > I have a story to tell and how to illustrate a
> good advantage for doing
> > just
> > that.
> >
> > I borrowed from my local cooperating branch a copy
> of
> >
> > Rilla of Ingleside.
> >
> > It arrived her the other day and I popped it into
> the player, have been
> > wanteding to read this and had Just finished
> Rainbow valley.
> >
> > Well... the tape was old, and warped, and no
> matter all the "usual"
> > tricks,
> > I couldn't get the tape to play properly.
> >
> > So... after being disgusted by it, putting it back
> into its little green
> > box, slapping the string on the latch and thinking
> I would call them today
> > about it, I had a brainstorm.
> >
> > I got online, found Rilla of Ingleside in the
> Bookshare collection and
> > grabbed it, popped it into the book courier and
> all was well again.
> >
> > I do like listening to human readers though some
> of them are quite grating
> > on me, but I still like the flexibility of
> choosing what format works best
> > for me.
> >
> > Smile.
> >
> > This isn't the first time this has happened,
> but... it was the most
> > recent.
> >
> > Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> > and Judson, guiding golden
> > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> > Graduate Alumni Association Board
> > www.guidedogs.com
> >
> > Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> > Puppies are the joy at one end.
> > Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> > Carolyn Alexander
> >
> >
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From: "Kasondra Payne" <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Jim Fruchterman named MacArthur "genius" Fellow
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:17:16 -0600
Good going Jim. You do a lot of good work. Keep it up! What will the
money go towards?
Kasondra Payne
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From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Norton Anthology of Worlds Masterpieces, 6th
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:19:36 -0500
Hi Cindy,
You've done the same thing that you did the last time you had a question
about a book on Marissa's List.
There's another copy sitting in the admin pool. There's one in the rejection
pool because two copies got submitted to the system.
So, there isn't a need for anyone to resubmit anything, smile.
And yes, the rejection pool has to be processed just like the admin pool,
Gustavo must go through each rejection and decide whether the volunteer has
done things correctly.
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:56 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] The Norton Anthology of Worlds Masterpieces, 6th
ed., vol. 1
> Jake,
>
> I know you told me once that books in the rejectiona
> part of the list didn't necessarily mean that they
> were totally rejected--was it that they were bounced
> back for something? I noticed that the Norton
> Anthology is on the rejection part of the list and I
> don't see it on page one.
>
> Kenneth, I believe you scanned it, and I know several
> people have worked on it. Did you get a notice? Does
> anyone know what the problem is? I see the author is
> listed as General Editor, and that's probably what's
> wrong. Kenneth, if you still have your scan, maybe you
> resubmit it and whoever did the final validation can
> re-upload with the proper authorship. I can get the
> book if anyone needs help with it.
>
> Cindy
>
> --- Jake Brownell <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The September 19 edition of Marissa's List is now
>> available.
>>
>> http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/ml.asp
>>
>> For the statisticians...
>> 453 books on Step1
>> 213 books checked out for editing
>> 69 books in the admin approval pool
>> 72 books in the admin rejection pool
>>
>> Enjoy,
>> Jake
>
>
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From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Kipling's--and others'--poetry
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:20:44 -0500
Cindy,
Tabs are removed entirely from the file, and multiple spaces are truncated
to a single space.
You'll probably find that paragraph indenting is gone as well.
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 6:01 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Kipling's--and others'--poetry
> Amy,
>
> If you can submit it in rtf I can format poetry as the
> author intended.
>
> Before I used tabs, but quite a bit after that we were
> told that tabs don't do any good. Too bad, because
> that was so easy. However, there is a way, though it
> takes longer, to re-set the line margin. I'd use the
> space bar, which would be easier, but somebody
> mentioned that the spaces are annoying. Is that just
> for those of you who listen, or also for those of you
> who use braille? Is there a way you can turn off
> whatever is annoying about the spaces? Using spaces to
> indent lines of poetry would be so much easier, less
> time-consuming, than using the line setting. smile
>
> Cindy
>
>
> --- Amy Goldring Tajalli
> <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> amen. I looked for Kipling and there was only one
>> volume very well recorded
>> but when I wanted to hear it again It had
>> disappeared. I got rfb to record
>> what turned out to be the complete kipling but then
>> had to deal with people
>> reading poetry with no real knowledge of how to do
>> it and with difficulty
>> pronouncing some of the Names and names of places -
>> understandable if you
>> are not familiar with India or 19th Century British
>> army terminology. Though
>> even today I would guess it would not be hard to
>> find kids who have read the
>> poetry in The Jungle Books or the Just So Stories or
>> their parents, too. I
>> appreciate the work rfb volunteers went through to
>> record that tome but I
>> wanted the poems as he wrote them so I scanned the
>> book with Kurzweil and am
>> now trying to make sure the poems scan properly
>> (scan as in lines as K wrote
>> them of the length he wanted them). I may have to
>> submith the Kurzweil
>> copy which scan (copied) the pages correctly but
>> they don't always come out
>> that way and I was warned that theBookshare computer
>> would ignore the lines
>> much as they did in other books of poetry I have
>> gotten but I can only try
>> to get someone to realize the importanct of the
>> lines. However, I have hopes
>> even If I cannot do it. In any event it has to be
>> better, even with a
>> computer voice, that what I heard. in the well meant
>> recording.
>>
>> Amy
>> omst
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:25 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] NLS's Taopes and
>> electronic files
>>
>>
>> > Someone, I believe it was on here was wondering
>> why we should work on
>> > books
>> > already recorded on cassette by NLS.
>> >
>> > I have a story to tell and how to illustrate a
>> good advantage for doing
>> > just
>> > that.
>> >
>> > I borrowed from my local cooperating branch a copy
>> of
>> >
>> > Rilla of Ingleside.
>> >
>> > It arrived her the other day and I popped it into
>> the player, have been
>> > wanteding to read this and had Just finished
>> Rainbow valley.
>> >
>> > Well... the tape was old, and warped, and no
>> matter all the "usual"
>> > tricks,
>> > I couldn't get the tape to play properly.
>> >
>> > So... after being disgusted by it, putting it back
>> into its little green
>> > box, slapping the string on the latch and thinking
>> I would call them today
>> > about it, I had a brainstorm.
>> >
>> > I got online, found Rilla of Ingleside in the
>> Bookshare collection and
>> > grabbed it, popped it into the book courier and
>> all was well again.
>> >
>> > I do like listening to human readers though some
>> of them are quite grating
>> > on me, but I still like the flexibility of
>> choosing what format works best
>> > for me.
>> >
>> > Smile.
>> >
>> > This isn't the first time this has happened,
>> but... it was the most
>> > recent.
>> >
>> > Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
>> > and Judson, guiding golden
>> > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
>> > Graduate Alumni Association Board
>> > www.guidedogs.com
>> >
>> > Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
>> > Puppies are the joy at one end.
>> > Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
>> > Carolyn Alexander
>> >
>> >
>> > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email
>> to
>> > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>> subject line. To get a list
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From: "Lora" <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:23:06 -0600
Thank you for this link! Just reading the 100 most challenged books is
disturbing to me. Many of these books are books I read as a young girl.
I want to go purchase all of the top 100 that aren't on Bookshare, and get
them scanned. I'm contrary like that. Besides, many of these are excellent
reads that should not be denied to us or anyone else.
PS: Unfortunately, I'll probably contribute my contraryism a few books at a
time so that the budget doesn't crumble to bits.
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shelley L. Rhodes
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 7:50 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Challenged Books
O.k. proves I am a moderate in most things, but... since this is Banned
Books Month, and as many have implied in the past that the blind and
physically handicapped were censored as a fashion by NLS's budget and
Bookshare has removed that barrier, smile, as it accepts anything, which is
a truly wonderful thing, see the below web page on the topic, I find it
fascinating. And naturally, since I like reading the stuff, may be seeing
if I can add to the sites content in this way.
But a fascinating page.
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/challengedbanned/challengedbanned
.htm
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com
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Puppies are the joy at one end.
Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:27:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Norton Anthology of Worlds Masterpieces, 6th
Sorry, Jake, I couldn't remember exactly what you had
said. I did check the download lst but, as you poitn
out, not the admin pool.
That book's been hanging around for a long time. Now
we need volume 2, Kenneth--smile
Cindy
--- Jake Brownell <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Cindy,
>
> You've done the same thing that you did the last
> time you had a question
> about a book on Marissa's List.
>
> There's another copy sitting in the admin pool.
> There's one in the rejection
> pool because two copies got submitted to the system.
>
> So, there isn't a need for anyone to resubmit
> anything, smile.
>
> And yes, the rejection pool has to be processed just
> like the admin pool,
> Gustavo must go through each rejection and decide
> whether the volunteer has
> done things correctly.
>
> Jake
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:56 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] The Norton Anthology of
> Worlds Masterpieces, 6th
> ed., vol. 1
>
>
> > Jake,
> >
> > I know you told me once that books in the
> rejectiona
> > part of the list didn't necessarily mean that they
> > were totally rejected--was it that they were
> bounced
> > back for something? I noticed that the Norton
> > Anthology is on the rejection part of the list and
> I
> > don't see it on page one.
> >
> > Kenneth, I believe you scanned it, and I know
> several
> > people have worked on it. Did you get a notice?
> Does
> > anyone know what the problem is? I see the author
> is
> > listed as General Editor, and that's probably
> what's
> > wrong. Kenneth, if you still have your scan, maybe
> you
> > resubmit it and whoever did the final validation
> can
> > re-upload with the proper authorship. I can get
> the
> > book if anyone needs help with it.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > --- Jake Brownell <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> The September 19 edition of Marissa's List is now
> >> available.
> >>
> >> http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/ml.asp
> >>
> >> For the statisticians...
> >> 453 books on Step1
> >> 213 books checked out for editing
> >> 69 books in the admin approval pool
> >> 72 books in the admin rejection pool
> >>
> >> Enjoy,
> >> Jake
> >
> >
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:33:06 -0400
From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Kipling's--and others'--poetry
Spaces are very annoying in braille, please do not use multiple spacing.
E.
At 07:20 PM 9/19/2006, you wrote:
>Cindy,
>
>Tabs are removed entirely from the file, and multiple spaces are truncated
>to a single space.
>
>You'll probably find that paragraph indenting is gone as well.
>
>Jake
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 6:01 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Kipling's--and others'--poetry
>
>
>>Amy,
>>
>>If you can submit it in rtf I can format poetry as the
>>author intended.
>>
>>Before I used tabs, but quite a bit after that we were
>>told that tabs don't do any good. Too bad, because
>>that was so easy. However, there is a way, though it
>>takes longer, to re-set the line margin. I'd use the
>>space bar, which would be easier, but somebody
>>mentioned that the spaces are annoying. Is that just
>>for those of you who listen, or also for those of you
>>who use braille? Is there a way you can turn off
>>whatever is annoying about the spaces? Using spaces to
>>indent lines of poetry would be so much easier, less
>>time-consuming, than using the line setting. smile
>>
>>Cindy
>>
>>
>>--- Amy Goldring Tajalli
>><agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>amen. I looked for Kipling and there was only one
>>>volume very well recorded
>>>but when I wanted to hear it again It had
>>>disappeared. I got rfb to record
>>>what turned out to be the complete kipling but then
>>>had to deal with people
>>>reading poetry with no real knowledge of how to do
>>>it and with difficulty
>>>pronouncing some of the Names and names of places -
>>>understandable if you
>>>are not familiar with India or 19th Century British
>>>army terminology. Though
>>>even today I would guess it would not be hard to
>>>find kids who have read the
>>>poetry in The Jungle Books or the Just So Stories or
>>>their parents, too. I
>>>appreciate the work rfb volunteers went through to
>>>record that tome but I
>>>wanted the poems as he wrote them so I scanned the
>>>book with Kurzweil and am
>>>now trying to make sure the poems scan properly
>>>(scan as in lines as K wrote
>>>them of the length he wanted them). I may have to
>>>submith the Kurzweil
>>>copy which scan (copied) the pages correctly but
>>>they don't always come out
>>>that way and I was warned that theBookshare computer
>>>would ignore the lines
>>>much as they did in other books of poetry I have
>>>gotten but I can only try
>>>to get someone to realize the importanct of the
>>>lines. However, I have hopes
>>>even If I cannot do it. In any event it has to be
>>>better, even with a
>>>computer voice, that what I heard. in the well meant
>>>recording.
>>>
>>>Amy
>>>omst
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes"
>>><juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:25 PM
>>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] NLS's Taopes and
>>>electronic files
>>>
>>>
>>> > Someone, I believe it was on here was wondering
>>>why we should work on
>>> > books
>>> > already recorded on cassette by NLS.
>>> >
>>> > I have a story to tell and how to illustrate a
>>>good advantage for doing
>>> > just
>>> > that.
>>> >
>>> > I borrowed from my local cooperating branch a copy
>>>of
>>> >
>>> > Rilla of Ingleside.
>>> >
>>> > It arrived her the other day and I popped it into
>>>the player, have been
>>> > wanteding to read this and had Just finished
>>>Rainbow valley.
>>> >
>>> > Well... the tape was old, and warped, and no
>>>matter all the "usual"
>>> > tricks,
>>> > I couldn't get the tape to play properly.
>>> >
>>> > So... after being disgusted by it, putting it back
>>>into its little green
>>> > box, slapping the string on the latch and thinking
>>>I would call them today
>>> > about it, I had a brainstorm.
>>> >
>>> > I got online, found Rilla of Ingleside in the
>>>Bookshare collection and
>>> > grabbed it, popped it into the book courier and
>>>all was well again.
>>> >
>>> > I do like listening to human readers though some
>>>of them are quite grating
>>> > on me, but I still like the flexibility of
>>>choosing what format works best
>>> > for me.
>>> >
>>> > Smile.
>>> >
>>> > This isn't the first time this has happened,
>>>but... it was the most
>>> > recent.
>>> >
>>> > Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
>>> > and Judson, guiding golden
>>> > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: "Kasondra Payne" <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:35:59 -0600
The list was really interesting. I believe that parents should decide what
is appropriate for their children to read--not someone else. I don't want
someone else deciding what isn't appropriate for my children to read. I
want to give my children the tools to know what books they should read.
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:48:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Kipling's--and others'--poetry
Really? People were saying they preferred paragraph
indenting to skipped spaces between paragraphs, and
sometimes skipping lines, especially if there's a lot
of dialogue, gives pagination problems, even when I
try to length the page.
Then there's no way to format poetry?
Would you please download And Still I Rise, by Maya
Angelou, and also Silk, by Baricco and tell me what
they look like? Or sound like? Silk isn't a poem but
was written sort of like one so I validated it keeping
the author's line lengths. I think I used tabs,
though. I didn't know about adjusting line length
using the line indentation setting in paragrpahs in
the format file.
I can't think of any poems I've done recently except
for quotations as part of something else. Perhpas if
you have time you could download Transit of Venus and
check page 81 and see if the quotation at the bottom
of the page is indented.
Maye fixing things so tabbing doesn't appear should be
put higher up on the Wish List. Amy's right about the
importance of poetry being formatted correctly,
especially for students. I wonder what the Chinese
poetry I did a few years ago looks like--and I spent
so much time trying to get that right. sigh
Cindy
>
> You'll probably find that paragraph indenting is
> gone as well.
>
> Jake
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 6:01 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Kipling's--and
> others'--poetry
>
>
> > Amy,
> >
> > If you can submit it in rtf I can format poetry as
> the
> > author intended.
> >
> > Before I used tabs, but quite a bit after that we
> were
> > told that tabs don't do any good. Too bad, because
> > that was so easy. However, there is a way, though
> it
> > takes longer, to re-set the line margin. I'd use
> the
> > space bar, which would be easier, but somebody
> > mentioned that the spaces are annoying. Is that
> just
> > for those of you who listen, or also for those of
> you
> > who use braille? Is there a way you can turn off
> > whatever is annoying about the spaces? Using
> spaces to
> > indent lines of poetry would be so much easier,
> less
> > time-consuming, than using the line setting. smile
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> >
> > --- Amy Goldring Tajalli
> > <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> amen. I looked for Kipling and there was only
> one
> >> volume very well recorded
> >> but when I wanted to hear it again It had
> >> disappeared. I got rfb to record
> >> what turned out to be the complete kipling but
> then
> >> had to deal with people
> >> reading poetry with no real knowledge of how to
> do
> >> it and with difficulty
> >> pronouncing some of the Names and names of places
> -
> >> understandable if you
> >> are not familiar with India or 19th Century
> British
> >> army terminology. Though
> >> even today I would guess it would not be hard to
> >> find kids who have read the
> >> poetry in The Jungle Books or the Just So Stories
> or
> >> their parents, too. I
> >> appreciate the work rfb volunteers went through
> to
> >> record that tome but I
> >> wanted the poems as he wrote them so I scanned
> the
> >> book with Kurzweil and am
> >> now trying to make sure the poems scan properly
> >> (scan as in lines as K wrote
> >> them of the length he wanted them). I may have
> to
> >> submith the Kurzweil
> >> copy which scan (copied) the pages correctly but
> >> they don't always come out
> >> that way and I was warned that theBookshare
> computer
> >> would ignore the lines
> >> much as they did in other books of poetry I have
> >> gotten but I can only try
> >> to get someone to realize the importanct of the
> >> lines. However, I have hopes
> >> even If I cannot do it. In any event it has to
> be
> >> better, even with a
> >> computer voice, that what I heard. in the well
> meant
> >> recording.
> >>
> >> Amy
> >> omst
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Shelley L. Rhodes"
> <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:25 PM
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] NLS's Taopes and
> >> electronic files
> >>
> >>
> >> > Someone, I believe it was on here was wondering
> >> why we should work on
> >> > books
> >> > already recorded on cassette by NLS.
> >> >
> >> > I have a story to tell and how to illustrate a
> >> good advantage for doing
> >> > just
> >> > that.
> >> >
> >> > I borrowed from my local cooperating branch a
> copy
> >> of
> >> >
> >> > Rilla of Ingleside.
> >> >
> >> > It arrived her the other day and I popped it
> into
> >> the player, have been
> >> > wanteding to read this and had Just finished
> >> Rainbow valley.
> >> >
> >> > Well... the tape was old, and warped, and no
> >> matter all the "usual"
> >> > tricks,
> >> > I couldn't get the tape to play properly.
> >> >
> >> > So... after being disgusted by it, putting it
> back
> >> into its little green
> >> > box, slapping the string on the latch and
> thinking
> >> I would call them today
> >> > about it, I had a brainstorm.
> >> >
> >> > I got online, found Rilla of Ingleside in the
> >> Bookshare collection and
> >> > grabbed it, popped it into the book courier and
> >> all was well again.
> >> >
> >> > I do like listening to human readers though
> some
> >> of them are quite grating
> >> > on me, but I still like the flexibility of
> >> choosing what format works best
> >> > for me.
> >> >
> >> > Smile.
> >> >
> >> > This isn't the first time this has happened,
> >> but... it was the most
> >> > recent.
> >> >
> >> > Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> >> > and Judson, guiding golden
> >> > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> >> > Graduate Alumni Association Board
> >> > www.guidedogs.com
> >> >
> >> > Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> >> > Puppies are the joy at one end.
> >> > Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> >> > Carolyn Alexander
> >> >
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From: "Silvara" <silvara@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Now Available on Bookshare
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:01:01 -0400
Hi:
Secrets of the Night by Jo Beverley is now available on Bookshare.
When her elderly husband's inability to sire an heir threatens everyone she
cares for, young Rosamunde Overton is forced into a daring deceit at a
scandalous masquerade. But then her nerve fails and she flees, ready to give up
all hope...until she rescues an injured nobleman who just might be the answer
to her prayers.
Although Lord Brand Malloren lives far above the station of the mysterious lady
who has taken him captive and captured his heart, he's only too willing to
follow her lead. Rosamunde too has fallen in love, but her reckless plan
depends on secrecy. For to reveal herself could cost her everything.
Devilish also by Jo Beverley
Two of the strongest wills in England clash when Lord Rothgar is commanded by
the king to escort the fiercely independent Diana Westmount, the Countess of
Arradale, to London. Though Rothgar, tortured by a tragic secret, has become a
master of resisting temptation, Diana proves a challenge to his steely resolve.
Then his icy self-control melts in a moment of peril-and a night of passion-and
he must find the strength to surrender his heart to another....
Devilish was a RITA award winner in 2000.
Happy reading.
Grace
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From: "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:15:16 -0700
Ok then, can someone answer this question? I saw that the first book I
downloaded, read all the way through, and then uploaded, is still listed as
step one. It's Such A Killing Crime. Shouldn't that be in the admin queue,
since I already uploaded it?
Thanks a lot.
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From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:21:39 -0500
Hi Matthew,
Gustavo returned the book to the download list with the following comment.
9/13/2006
gustavo galindo
Please do not remove page-breaks when validating.
So apparently the page breaks got lost while you were editing. If you're not
aware of anything that you did that would have removed them, then you might
wish to ask this list for help by describing your editing process.
BTW Gustavo can return books to the download list for a miriad of reasons,
and it's a good idea to check every day or two to see if any of your books
are back on it.
HTH,
Jake
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To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 7:15 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
> Ok then, can someone answer this question? I saw that the first book I
> downloaded, read all the way through, and then uploaded, is still listed
> as
> step one. It's Such A Killing Crime. Shouldn't that be in the admin queue,
> since I already uploaded it?
> Thanks a lot.
> Matthew
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From: "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:34:47 -0700
Hello, I didn't remove the page breaks. It had the page numbers, followed by
a space, and a bullet. I don't know what else to do.
Thanks a lot.
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:59:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
Hi Matthew,
The OCR program at the Bookshare office puts section breaks between pages
instead of page breaks (I have no idea why). To convert the section breaks
into page breaks, do a global replace from ^b to ^m (if you're using Microsoft
Word).
HTH, Carrie
Matthew Bullis <matthewbullis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello, I didn't remove the page breaks. It had the page numbers, followed by
a space, and a bullet. I don't know what else to do.
Thanks a lot.
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:30:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alexis Read <alexisread@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A question about the Step 1 page
I have a question about the step 1 page that I'm hoping someone can answer.
For the last several days, I have checked this page and seen that the most
recent book is "The Road to Paradise Island" by Victoria Holt. I know there
are more recent books than that because I have submitted at least two over the
past few days. I'm wondering if there is something in my Internet settings
that need to be changed or if it is something to do with the site itself.
Thank you for any assistance anyone can provide.
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From: "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:56:23 -0700
Hello, I only have Wordpad, so I didn't see any caret symbols. I corrected
some scanning errors, such as a few words which ran together, as well as a
few letter I's which were picked up as 1's. Does this mean that the
corrections were all for naught? I enjoyed reading the book, and still have
my corrected file, but I don't want to go back and read the whole book to
fix those few errors, and couldn't point a new validator to each correction.
At the start of the book, there were the words a very, which ran together,
and I think it picked up a the wrong.
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From: "Natalie" <nataliesgroups@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A question about the Step 1 page
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:04:26 -0500
No, but they changed the order of the step one page, so the most recent books
are not always at the top.
Natalie
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Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:30 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A question about the Step 1 page
I have a question about the step 1 page that I'm hoping someone can answer.
For the last several days, I have checked this page and seen that the most
recent book is "The Road to Paradise Island" by Victoria Holt. I know there
are more recent books than that because I have submitted at least two over the
past few days. I'm wondering if there is something in my Internet settings
that need to be changed or if it is something to do with the site itself.
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From: "Natalie" <nataliesgroups@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Books List
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:10:05 -0500
Could you add me to your group of people? I don't always have the time to
go look at them, but if the list comes in email, I will read it. That
probably doesn't make any sort of sense at all.
Natalie
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From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:29 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Books List
> Thanks for the explanation, Shelley.
>
> If you want, I can add you to my list of people to
> whom I send the list daily. I send it BCC, with the
> titles asterisked and repetitions of some lines that
> are repeated in every title deleted.
>
> If any of you newbies want to have the list of new
> books mailed to you, please let me know. I can't
> remember to whom I mentioned it and to whom I haven't.
> Many people prefer to check Jake's list or to wait
> until the new books are added to the bookshare site,
> but others like having the list in their mailboxes to
> look at or delete, depending on their mood. smile
>
> Cindy
>
> --- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> It is an error for you, because Cindy, you aren't a
>> member.
>>
>> Smile,
>>
>> It is an error for me, because I don't log in to
>> look at the list, am too
>> darn lazy, but as soon as I log in, it goes away as
>> I am a member in good
>> standing.
>>
>> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
>> and Judson, guiding golden
>> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
>> Graduate Alumni Association Board
>> www.guidedogs.com
>>
>> Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
>> Puppies are the joy at one end.
>> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
>> Carolyn Alexander
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:38 AM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] New Books List
>>
>>
>> I have two questions about the books added today
>> (Monday).
>>
>> The first is specific to today's list: Is the title
>> Ben There, Done That, correct, or should it be Been
>> There, Done That. I can't tell from the synopsis.
>>
>> The second is more general, and I've been meaning to
>> ask it for a while: I don't understand why the word
>> "error" in the paragraph that precedes the list of
>> books: "Some titles returned the following error:
>> This
>> is a copyrighted book available for download only to
>> current members of Bookshare.org. Please log in if
>> you
>> have a member account, otherwise find out about
>> joining."
>>
>> How is that statement in error? That is the case,
>> isn't it?
>>
>> Just curious.
>>
>> Cindy
>>
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:23:43 -0400
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
Excellent,
I do see that we have at least ten BSO marked books which is in some ways a
really great thing, smile.
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From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:54 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] New Marissa's List Sept 19.
Hi all,
The September 19 edition of Marissa's List is now available.
http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/ml.asp
For the statisticians...
453 books on Step1
213 books checked out for editing
69 books in the admin approval pool
72 books in the admin rejection pool
Enjoy,
Jake
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From: "Natalie" <nataliesgroups@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Validating with Wordpad
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:25:24 -0500
I noticed you said you validate with Wordpad. Are there any tips for
telling if a book has page breaks or not, or do I just validate and hope it
makes it inot the colection.
Natalie
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From: "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:56 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
> Hello, I only have Wordpad, so I didn't see any caret symbols. I corrected
> some scanning errors, such as a few words which ran together, as well as a
> few letter I's which were picked up as 1's. Does this mean that the
> corrections were all for naught? I enjoyed reading the book, and still
> have
> my corrected file, but I don't want to go back and read the whole book to
> fix those few errors, and couldn't point a new validator to each
> correction.
> At the start of the book, there were the words a very, which ran together,
> and I think it picked up a the wrong.
> Thanks a lot.
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:25:29 -0400
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Taopes and electronic files
Oh, yes.
RFB and D if they had the book i needed for college, the volunteers sounded
just as enthusiazed as I was in reading it.
Smile.
And I always loved the ones who ate gum while they read.
Smile.
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
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From: "Amy Goldring Tajalli" <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 6:09 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Taopes and electronic files
amen. I looked for Kipling and there was only one volume very well recorded
but when I wanted to hear it again It had disappeared. I got rfb to record
what turned out to be the complete kipling but then had to deal with people
reading poetry with no real knowledge of how to do it and with difficulty
pronouncing some of the Names and names of places - understandable if you
are not familiar with India or 19th Century British army terminology. Though
even today I would guess it would not be hard to find kids who have read the
poetry in The Jungle Books or the Just So Stories or their parents, too. I
appreciate the work rfb volunteers went through to record that tome but I
wanted the poems as he wrote them so I scanned the book with Kurzweil and am
now trying to make sure the poems scan properly (scan as in lines as K wrote
them of the length he wanted them). I may have to submith the Kurzweil
copy which scan (copied) the pages correctly but they don't always come out
that way and I was warned that theBookshare computer would ignore the lines
much as they did in other books of poetry I have gotten but I can only try
to get someone to realize the importanct of the lines. However, I have hopes
even If I cannot do it. In any event it has to be better, even with a
computer voice, that what I heard. in the well meant recording.
Amy
omst
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From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:25 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] NLS's Taopes and electronic files
> Someone, I believe it was on here was wondering why we should work on
> books
> already recorded on cassette by NLS.
>
> I have a story to tell and how to illustrate a good advantage for doing
> just
> that.
>
> I borrowed from my local cooperating branch a copy of
>
> Rilla of Ingleside.
>
> It arrived her the other day and I popped it into the player, have been
> wanteding to read this and had Just finished Rainbow valley.
>
> Well... the tape was old, and warped, and no matter all the "usual"
> tricks,
> I couldn't get the tape to play properly.
>
> So... after being disgusted by it, putting it back into its little green
> box, slapping the string on the latch and thinking I would call them today
> about it, I had a brainstorm.
>
> I got online, found Rilla of Ingleside in the Bookshare collection and
> grabbed it, popped it into the book courier and all was well again.
>
> I do like listening to human readers though some of them are quite grating
> on me, but I still like the flexibility of choosing what format works best
> for me.
>
> Smile.
>
> This isn't the first time this has happened, but... it was the most
> recent.
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:27:06 -0400
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
Actually the Old challenged authors are on the list, but it is in the Top
100 books, and the usual suspects are there including Mark Twain, and Louis
Carroll, what could they object to in Alice in Wonderland I wonder?
Smile, some of them are obvious why, but others, I can't figure it out.
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
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From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 6:23 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
Fascinating! Not one of the "old" banned authors is
on the list, but they are books for adults, and
probably the people who "contest" the books are more
worried about children--although Forever is for
adults, as I recall. Maybe these people are too young
to have even heard about Henry Miller, D. H. Lawrence,
and James Joyce; Memoirs of Fanny Hill; Memirs of
Hecate County.
Cindy
--- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> O.k. proves I am a moderate in most things, but...
> since this is Banned
> Books Month, and as many have implied in the past
> that the blind and
> physically handicapped were censored as a fashion by
> NLS's budget and
> Bookshare has removed that barrier, smile, as it
> accepts anything, which is
> a truly wonderful thing, see the below web page on
> the topic, I find it
> fascinating. And naturally, since I like reading
> the stuff, may be seeing
> if I can add to the sites content in this way.
>
> But a fascinating page.
>
>
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/challengedbanned/challengedbanned.htm
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:28:02 -0400
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Books List
Nah, not at this time, Cindy, but thanks for the offer, I usually don't look
till I am looking for something to read and then I use Jake's link to go
hunting.
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
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From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 6:29 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Books List
Thanks for the explanation, Shelley.
If you want, I can add you to my list of people to
whom I send the list daily. I send it BCC, with the
titles asterisked and repetitions of some lines that
are repeated in every title deleted.
If any of you newbies want to have the list of new
books mailed to you, please let me know. I can't
remember to whom I mentioned it and to whom I haven't.
Many people prefer to check Jake's list or to wait
until the new books are added to the bookshare site,
but others like having the list in their mailboxes to
look at or delete, depending on their mood. smile
Cindy
--- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> It is an error for you, because Cindy, you aren't a
> member.
>
> Smile,
>
> It is an error for me, because I don't log in to
> look at the list, am too
> darn lazy, but as soon as I log in, it goes away as
> I am a member in good
> standing.
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> and Judson, guiding golden
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>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:38 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] New Books List
>
>
> I have two questions about the books added today
> (Monday).
>
> The first is specific to today's list: Is the title
> Ben There, Done That, correct, or should it be Been
> There, Done That. I can't tell from the synopsis.
>
> The second is more general, and I've been meaning to
> ask it for a while: I don't understand why the word
> "error" in the paragraph that precedes the list of
> books: "Some titles returned the following error:
> This
> is a copyrighted book available for download only to
> current members of Bookshare.org. Please log in if
> you
> have a member account, otherwise find out about
> joining."
>
> How is that statement in error? That is the case,
> isn't it?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Cindy
>
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:33:03 -0400
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
heeeeeh, I am right along with you and your contrarism, but was thinking of
using the public library system to do it, the Budget is very, very small at
the moment.
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
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Puppies are the joy at one end.
Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
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From: "Lora" <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 7:23 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
Thank you for this link! Just reading the 100 most challenged books is
disturbing to me. Many of these books are books I read as a young girl.
I want to go purchase all of the top 100 that aren't on Bookshare, and get
them scanned. I'm contrary like that. Besides, many of these are excellent
reads that should not be denied to us or anyone else.
PS: Unfortunately, I'll probably contribute my contraryism a few books at a
time so that the budget doesn't crumble to bits.
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shelley L. Rhodes
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 7:50 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Challenged Books
O.k. proves I am a moderate in most things, but... since this is Banned
Books Month, and as many have implied in the past that the blind and
physically handicapped were censored as a fashion by NLS's budget and
Bookshare has removed that barrier, smile, as it accepts anything, which is
a truly wonderful thing, see the below web page on the topic, I find it
fascinating. And naturally, since I like reading the stuff, may be seeing
if I can add to the sites content in this way.
But a fascinating page.
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/challengedbanned/challengedbanned
.htm
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:47:54 -0400
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Book submitted: All Things Herriot
I am slowly trying to knock down the pile of stuff on my Compact flash card,
the poor thing takes forever to load as it is so loaded with stuff. Course,
I should stop scanning new stuff to add to it right?
Anyway, this was one of those books that sounded great, so I borrowed it,
scanned it and found it wasn't exactly my cup of tea at this current moment.
Smile. Is a commentary as well as biography of John White, also known as
James Herriot and his writing. See synopsis below. It sounds great but not
something I wanted to read right now.
I do hope someone will give it the TLC and make it into a perfect book which
I know it could be.
From the book Jacket:
Millions of people, young and old, the world over, love James Herriot. He is
their friend. They feel they know him as one might know an uncle or a
neighbor. They wish they had a doctor like him, one who really cares and
makes house calls. They are more familiar with "his" life than they are with
the lives of political leaders.
All Things Herriot is the first fulllength book about this best-selling
author, whose work, adapted for television, has swept through the world in
one of the most popular and enduring series of all times: All Creatures
Great and Small. Sanford Sternlicht offers a comprehensive, upto-the-moment
evaluation of the Herriot achievements, and it offers the most detailed
biography of the real Herriot, James Alfred Wight, in print to date.
He explores how this goodnatured veterinarian came into existence and how he
developed over the course of the series of books. How and why Herriot made
the transition to television is examined as well as the effect the shows had
on audiences. This is the story of the "creating" of James Herriot, how he
captured the imagination of popular culture. This simple man, with his
profound love for all creatures in his peaceable kingdom, has earned for
himself a secure and enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and
viewers.
Sanford Sternlicht is part-time professor of English at Syracuse University
and a poet, critic, and theater director. His books include C. S. Forester,
John Galsworthy, R. F. Delderfield, and Stevie Smith. He has also edited a
series of books collecting the short stories, poetry, and plays of Padraic
Colum, as well as a book on the life and works of Stevie Smith
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
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From: "Kasondra Payne" <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:58:08 -0600
Yes what could anyone object to in A Wrinkle in Time" I read it in the
sixth grade, and I still love it. I don't get some people.
Kasondra Payne
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From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:00:54 -0700
What are you using to edit your files? That is the first key question.
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To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:34 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
> Hello, I didn't remove the page breaks. It had the page numbers, followed
> by
> a space, and a bullet. I don't know what else to do.
> Thanks a lot.
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From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:02:21 -0700
Thanks, Carrie, I'm glad to know that before I start on the Carpenter book. Of
course, I will make sure that every break is in place.
----- Original Message -----
From: Carrie Karnos
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:59 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
Hi Matthew,
The OCR program at the Bookshare office puts section breaks between pages
instead of page breaks (I have no idea why). To convert the section breaks
into page breaks, do a global replace from ^b to ^m (if you're using Microsoft
Word).
HTH, Carrie
Matthew Bullis <matthewbullis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello, I didn't remove the page breaks. It had the page numbers, followed by
a space, and a bullet. I don't know what else to do.
Thanks a lot.
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From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Taopes and electronic files
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:18:01 -0700
That's certainly true often enough, but I have a few physics books here in
which they do a bang up job! The text was read fabulously, the
illustrations were well-described, and nearly every equation - and there
were quite a few - was read flawlessly. I truly treasure RFB&D. I have one
here that was read entirely by one man, and he was superb.
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From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 7:25 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Taopes and electronic files
> Oh, yes.
>
> RFB and D if they had the book i needed for college, the volunteers
> sounded
> just as enthusiazed as I was in reading it.
>
> Smile.
>
> And I always loved the ones who ate gum while they read.
>
> Smile.
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> and Judson, guiding golden
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> Graduate Alumni Association Board
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> Puppies are the joy at one end.
> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> Carolyn Alexander
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Amy Goldring Tajalli" <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 6:09 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Taopes and electronic files
>
>
> amen. I looked for Kipling and there was only one volume very well
> recorded
> but when I wanted to hear it again It had disappeared. I got rfb to
> record
> what turned out to be the complete kipling but then had to deal with
> people
> reading poetry with no real knowledge of how to do it and with difficulty
> pronouncing some of the Names and names of places - understandable if you
> are not familiar with India or 19th Century British army terminology.
> Though
> even today I would guess it would not be hard to find kids who have read
> the
> poetry in The Jungle Books or the Just So Stories or their parents, too. I
> appreciate the work rfb volunteers went through to record that tome but I
> wanted the poems as he wrote them so I scanned the book with Kurzweil and
> am
> now trying to make sure the poems scan properly (scan as in lines as K
> wrote
> them of the length he wanted them). I may have to submith the Kurzweil
> copy which scan (copied) the pages correctly but they don't always come
> out
> that way and I was warned that theBookshare computer would ignore the
> lines
> much as they did in other books of poetry I have gotten but I can only try
> to get someone to realize the importanct of the lines. However, I have
> hopes
> even If I cannot do it. In any event it has to be better, even with a
> computer voice, that what I heard. in the well meant recording.
>
> Amy
> omst
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:25 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] NLS's Taopes and electronic files
>
>
>> Someone, I believe it was on here was wondering why we should work on
>> books
>> already recorded on cassette by NLS.
>>
>> I have a story to tell and how to illustrate a good advantage for doing
>> just
>> that.
>>
>> I borrowed from my local cooperating branch a copy of
>>
>> Rilla of Ingleside.
>>
>> It arrived her the other day and I popped it into the player, have been
>> wanteding to read this and had Just finished Rainbow valley.
>>
>> Well... the tape was old, and warped, and no matter all the "usual"
>> tricks,
>> I couldn't get the tape to play properly.
>>
>> So... after being disgusted by it, putting it back into its little green
>> box, slapping the string on the latch and thinking I would call them
>> today
>> about it, I had a brainstorm.
>>
>> I got online, found Rilla of Ingleside in the Bookshare collection and
>> grabbed it, popped it into the book courier and all was well again.
>>
>> I do like listening to human readers though some of them are quite
>> grating
>> on me, but I still like the flexibility of choosing what format works
>> best
>> for me.
>>
>> Smile.
>>
>> This isn't the first time this has happened, but... it was the most
>> recent.
>>
>> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
>> and Judson, guiding golden
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From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:21:44 -0700
Oh, my God! A friend of mine just read that book to an eleven-year-old boy!
Is he damaged forever? Stay tuned.
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Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 7:58 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
> Yes what could anyone object to in A Wrinkle in Time" I read it in the
> sixth grade, and I still love it. I don't get some people.
>
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From: "Kellie Hartmann" <hart0421@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:43:10 -0500
Hi Kasondra and Evan,
I first read Wrinkle in time as a fourth grader. I can report no lasting ill
effects from this experience, even though I read the book cover to cover
several times! <lol>
Kellie
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From: "Kellie Hartmann" <hart0421@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Taopes and electronic files
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:51:25 -0500
Hi Shelley,
Rilla is an absolutely delightful book--I hope you thoroughly enjoy it. I
loved the whole series.
Kellie
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From: "Amy Goldring Tajalli" <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Kipling's--and others'--poetry
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:47:36 -0400
One for my side Thank you Cindy. There ought to be some way that the
geniuses at bookshare - I mean the ones that program their computers -
could program the computers to recognize indentations, be they tabs or
spaces or periods but something. even wordperfect got those right even when
they could not get 2 pp. of print the same size. The pages of poetry I
vallidated with Kurzweil were easy to correct the few where the scansion was
off. What do the publishers tell their computers ?
I will download the books you mention as soon as I can download anything. I
have VRS again and the Unpack and I have finally gotten rid of Openbook and
the voice that came with it which may have been why I could not get VRS when
I tried it earlier this week. So I now have now other reading program except
Viktor and I need some pure escapism and tried to downloard Mary Stewart's
Merlin quartet but nothing happened. I wrote John and then tried his
suggestions but still no good. So I am waiting to hear back again.
In the meantime, I submitted the Kurzweil scan of the Complete Verse of
Rudyard Kipling, the Definitive Edition or, as I call it, the good, the
bad, the ugly, and the really great.But trying to work on it with the
programs I have was masochistic. I don't know how it will be to try and
validate an rtf file originally from something other than Kurzweil I
tried it with Openbook so I don't know if it would have been different with
a book that was scanned by openbook.
I will wait for now until I find out how to use the programs I have which I
hope will be soon as there are books I already know I want to validate and
have agreed to do so as soon as I can. Tolkien and Faulkner among them.
Wwish me luck and feel free to try the Kipling if it is accepted.
Amy
omst
back to looking for the queen's cats.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 7:48 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Kipling's--and others'--poetry
> Really? People were saying they preferred paragraph
> indenting to skipped spaces between paragraphs, and
> sometimes skipping lines, especially if there's a lot
> of dialogue, gives pagination problems, even when I
> try to length the page.
>
> Then there's no way to format poetry?
>
> Would you please download And Still I Rise, by Maya
> Angelou, and also Silk, by Baricco and tell me what
> they look like? Or sound like? Silk isn't a poem but
> was written sort of like one so I validated it keeping
> the author's line lengths. I think I used tabs,
> though. I didn't know about adjusting line length
> using the line indentation setting in paragrpahs in
> the format file.
>
> I can't think of any poems I've done recently except
> for quotations as part of something else. Perhpas if
> you have time you could download Transit of Venus and
> check page 81 and see if the quotation at the bottom
> of the page is indented.
>
> Maye fixing things so tabbing doesn't appear should be
> put higher up on the Wish List. Amy's right about the
> importance of poetry being formatted correctly,
> especially for students. I wonder what the Chinese
> poetry I did a few years ago looks like--and I spent
> so much time trying to get that right. sigh
>
> Cindy
>
>
>
>>
>> You'll probably find that paragraph indenting is
>> gone as well.
>>
>> Jake
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 6:01 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Kipling's--and
>> others'--poetry
>>
>>
>> > Amy,
>> >
>> > If you can submit it in rtf I can format poetry as
>> the
>> > author intended.
>> >
>> > Before I used tabs, but quite a bit after that we
>> were
>> > told that tabs don't do any good. Too bad, because
>> > that was so easy. However, there is a way, though
>> it
>> > takes longer, to re-set the line margin. I'd use
>> the
>> > space bar, which would be easier, but somebody
>> > mentioned that the spaces are annoying. Is that
>> just
>> > for those of you who listen, or also for those of
>> you
>> > who use braille? Is there a way you can turn off
>> > whatever is annoying about the spaces? Using
>> spaces to
>> > indent lines of poetry would be so much easier,
>> less
>> > time-consuming, than using the line setting. smile
>> >
>> > Cindy
>> >
>> >
>> > --- Amy Goldring Tajalli
>> > <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> amen. I looked for Kipling and there was only
>> one
>> >> volume very well recorded
>> >> but when I wanted to hear it again It had
>> >> disappeared. I got rfb to record
>> >> what turned out to be the complete kipling but
>> then
>> >> had to deal with people
>> >> reading poetry with no real knowledge of how to
>> do
>> >> it and with difficulty
>> >> pronouncing some of the Names and names of places
>> -
>> >> understandable if you
>> >> are not familiar with India or 19th Century
>> British
>> >> army terminology. Though
>> >> even today I would guess it would not be hard to
>> >> find kids who have read the
>> >> poetry in The Jungle Books or the Just So Stories
>> or
>> >> their parents, too. I
>> >> appreciate the work rfb volunteers went through
>> to
>> >> record that tome but I
>> >> wanted the poems as he wrote them so I scanned
>> the
>> >> book with Kurzweil and am
>> >> now trying to make sure the poems scan properly
>> >> (scan as in lines as K wrote
>> >> them of the length he wanted them). I may have
>> to
>> >> submith the Kurzweil
>> >> copy which scan (copied) the pages correctly but
>> >> they don't always come out
>> >> that way and I was warned that theBookshare
>> computer
>> >> would ignore the lines
>> >> much as they did in other books of poetry I have
>> >> gotten but I can only try
>> >> to get someone to realize the importanct of the
>> >> lines. However, I have hopes
>> >> even If I cannot do it. In any event it has to
>> be
>> >> better, even with a
>> >> computer voice, that what I heard. in the well
>> meant
>> >> recording.
>> >>
>> >> Amy
>> >> omst
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Shelley L. Rhodes"
>> <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:25 PM
>> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] NLS's Taopes and
>> >> electronic files
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Someone, I believe it was on here was wondering
>> >> why we should work on
>> >> > books
>> >> > already recorded on cassette by NLS.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have a story to tell and how to illustrate a
>> >> good advantage for doing
>> >> > just
>> >> > that.
>> >> >
>> >> > I borrowed from my local cooperating branch a
>> copy
>> >> of
>> >> >
>> >> > Rilla of Ingleside.
>> >> >
>> >> > It arrived her the other day and I popped it
>> into
>> >> the player, have been
>> >> > wanteding to read this and had Just finished
>> >> Rainbow valley.
>> >> >
>> >> > Well... the tape was old, and warped, and no
>> >> matter all the "usual"
>> >> > tricks,
>> >> > I couldn't get the tape to play properly.
>> >> >
>> >> > So... after being disgusted by it, putting it
>> back
>> >> into its little green
>> >> > box, slapping the string on the latch and
>> thinking
>> >> I would call them today
>> >> > about it, I had a brainstorm.
>> >> >
>> >> > I got online, found Rilla of Ingleside in the
>> >> Bookshare collection and
>> >> > grabbed it, popped it into the book courier and
>> >> all was well again.
>> >> >
>> >> > I do like listening to human readers though
>> some
>> >> of them are quite grating
>> >> > on me, but I still like the flexibility of
>> >> choosing what format works best
>> >> > for me.
>> >> >
>> >> > Smile.
>> >> >
>> >> > This isn't the first time this has happened,
>> >> but... it was the most
>> >> > recent.
>> >> >
>> >> > Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
>> >> > and Judson, guiding golden
>> >> > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
>> >> > Graduate Alumni Association Board
>> >> > www.guidedogs.com
>> >> >
>> >> > Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
>> >> > Puppies are the joy at one end.
>> >> > Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
>> >> > Carolyn Alexander
>> >> >
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From: "Amy Goldring Tajalli" <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss]
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:09:37 -0400
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Cindy,
I had submitted it in Kurzweil as that was the best copy. The rtf I =
could only read in my word programs so I did no know for certain what it =
looked like but I thought that it might be as bad as the ones I tried to =
work with whereas I knew the K 1000 was very good and possibly excellent =
as it in as the as close to an exact copy as I could have wished for (if =
memory serves) and at least in the copies I was working with the =
contents were very good, it was the size and the spacing on the page =
(not the scansion) that was weird. And that had never been a problem =
with the kes . For some reason I thought you had that one.
Amy
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From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:34:43 -0500
Matthew,
You need to find another program to do your validations in. WordPad is
responsible for the lost section breaks. It appears to discard them when
opening the file, so as long as you're validating Carrie's books in WordPad,
they will be kicked back due to no page breaks. You might be safe doing
books submitted by others, but I wouldn't chance it since I didn't see a way
to determine if the book has page breaks or not. I did verify that WordPad
doesn't discard them, though. Still, you need a way to determine whether or
not they are there in the first place.
BTW, Carrie's message about ^b and ^m was instructions about how to convert
section breaks to page breaks in Word using a global search and replace. I
tried to see if the section breaks were in the file and if WordPad would
convert them to page breaks before saving the file, but it doesn't appear to
support replacing the format characters the way Word does, or they just
aren't there in the first place due to WordPad discarding them when the file
is opened. I suspect both.
HTH
Gerald
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matthew Bullis
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:56 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
Hello, I only have Wordpad, so I didn't see any caret symbols. I corrected
some scanning errors, such as a few words which ran together, as well as a
few letter I's which were picked up as 1's. Does this mean that the
corrections were all for naught? I enjoyed reading the book, and still have
my corrected file, but I don't want to go back and read the whole book to
fix those few errors, and couldn't point a new validator to each correction.
At the start of the book, there were the words a very, which ran together,
and I think it picked up a the wrong.
Thanks a lot.
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From: "Kasondra Payne" <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:35:30 -0600
Kellie,
I recently saw the movie version of that book. It's animated, but it was
true to the story. My husband and I will read A Wrinkle in Time with our
kids when they are old enough. No ill effect for either of us.
Kasondra Payne
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From: "Kasondra Payne" <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Tapes and electronic files
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:37:17 -0600
What series is it a part of?
Kasondra Payne
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:44:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
If you (or anyone else validating one of my books) have any questions about the
book, please don't hesitate to email me off-list. I'll be glad to help you
with any confusing words or garbage characters in the book.
Thanks, Carrie
Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks, Carrie, I'm glad to know that before I start on the Carpenter
book. Of course, I will make sure that every break is in place.
----- Original Message -----
From: Carrie Karnos
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:59 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
Hi Matthew,
The OCR program at the Bookshare office puts section breaks between pages
instead of page breaks (I have no idea why). To convert the section breaks
into page breaks, do a global replace from ^b to ^m (if you're using Microsoft
Word).
HTH, Carrie
Matthew Bullis <matthewbullis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello, I didn't remove the page breaks. It had the page numbers, followed by
a space, and a bullet. I don't know what else to do.
Thanks a lot.
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From: "Kellie Hartmann" <hart0421@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Challenged Books
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:59:54 -0500
Hi Kasondra,
I saw it at Children's Theater here with my grandparents; it was pretty
cool. I really like the Children's theater. It's so good that once in a
while I want to borrow a kid just so I have an excuse to go there. <grin>
Kellie
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From: "Kellie Hartmann" <hart0421@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NLS's Tapes and electronic files
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:02:09 -0500
Hi Kasondra,
It's the last book in the Anne of Green Gables series. I loved the movies
made from that series even though I usually hate movies based on books
because they're not like the book. Even my stepdad liked the movies and he
really doesn't like chick movies flicks o these must really have universal
appeal.
Kellie
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From: "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Marissa's List Sept 19.
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:15:34 -0700
Ok then. Someone else will need to validate the book and fix the minor
errors. I don't have Word. How come we need the print page breaks? This
novel doesn't have an index.
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